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Group on Dock Watching Sailboats
1900
A group of men and women standing on a dock watching sailboats cast off. The tree covered shoreline is visible in the distance.
Counterbalance on a Sailboat
1959
Two boys on the class-C scow sailboat "Bobalong III," with one boy balancing off the side while standing with one leg on the bilge keel.
Class E Boats
August 1927
Crew members are on their boats as they are towed into the harbor at Neenah after competing in the Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta. Two other boats are sailing in the background.
Last Light
1955
Docked sailboats at dusk. There are silhouettes of people standing on the pier in the distance.
Lake Mendota Sailboat
Dr. Reginald Jackson, Sr., and his son Reginald Jr., in the family sailboat. Because the family's cottage was located near Picnic Point, the photograph was probably made on Lake Mendota.
Squaw Bay
October 1962
View from shoreline towards a rowboat is pulled up onto the shore of Squaw Bay on Lake Monona. Trees are in the foreground. The sky is overcast and the water is choppy. The far shoreline is in the ...
